Bishop Dennis Sullivan announces the retirement of Father William F. Moore, pastor of Mary, Queen of All Saints, Pennsauken, effective Sept. 30.
Father Moore, 69, has served as pastor at Mary, Queen of All Saints, since 2009.
Previously, he was pastor at Queen of the Apostles, Pennsville (1996-2002); St. Cecilia, Pennsauken (2002-09), and St. Veronica, Delair (2009).
Father Moore was born in Brooklyn, and studied at The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.; and Immaculate Conception, Huntington, N.Y., before being ordained on May 31, 1969.
He was as parochial vicar at Our Lady Star of the Sea, Atlantic City, 1969-73; Christ the King, Haddonfield, 1973-79; Assumption, Pomona, 1979-84; St. Isidore, Vineland, 1984-88; Incarnation, Mantua, 1988-93; and St. Andrew, Gibbsboro, 1993-96.
He has been a member of the diocesan Liturgical Commission; the Priests’ Council; and the Vocations Advisory Board.